φαλαγγίτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φάλαγξ (phálanx, “a phalanx”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, masculine adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰa.laŋ.ɡǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰa.laŋˈɡi.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸa.laɲˈɟi.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fa.laɲˈɟi.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fa.laɲˈɟi.tis/
Noun
φᾰλᾰγγῑ́της • (phălăngī́tēs) m (genitive φᾰλᾰγγῑ́του); first declension
- a phalangite; a soldier of the phalanx
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́της ho phălăngī́tēs |
τὼ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τᾱ tṑ phălăngī́tā |
οἱ φᾰλᾰγγῖται hoi phălăngîtai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́του toû phălăngī́tou |
τοῖν φᾰλᾰγγῑ́ταιν toîn phălăngī́tain |
τῶν φᾰλᾰγγῑτῶν tôn phălăngītôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τῃ tōî phălăngī́tēi |
τοῖν φᾰλᾰγγῑ́ταιν toîn phălăngī́tain |
τοῖς φᾰλᾰγγῑ́ταις toîs phălăngī́tais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν φᾰλᾰγγῑ́την tòn phălăngī́tēn |
τὼ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τᾱ tṑ phălăngī́tā |
τοὺς φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τᾱς toùs phălăngī́tās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φᾰλᾰγγῖτᾰ phălăngîtă |
φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τᾱ phălăngī́tā |
φᾰλᾰγγῖται phălăngîtai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: phalangītēs
- English: phalangite
References
- “φαλαγγίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φαλαγγίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette